The Los Banos Tiger Sharks took the team standings title in the Dos Palos Sprint Invitational Saturday at Dos Palos High.</p><p>It's a good sign for a team that had its decades-long streak of Merced County Swim league titles snapped last year.</p><p>The Sprint offered many swimmers shorter distances than they were used to.</p><p>"It was a great meet for them," Tiger Sharks coach Drew Guintini said. "It's a different meet, a lot of the older kids aren't used to the 25s. Most are used to swimming 50s and 100s."</p><p>And now the Tiger Sharks, along with most of the teams in the league, are heading to a meet that traditionally features long-distance races in the FAST Invitational Friday through Sunday at Firebaugh High.</p><p>"I know with the vacation week coming up, a lot of people will be gone," Guintini said. "But every team will be down swimmers. They swim long distance Friday night, so that's something different."</p><p>The FAST meet, though, will be without a 500-yard freestyle this year in an effort to move the meet along faster, Guintini said.</p><p>"Mayra (Garcia) and Jared (Benitez) both do the 500, so they were kind of bummed out," Guintini said. "It's not really a bad race once you've done it a few times and get used to it. I tell the kids they swim that much anyway in practice."</p><p>Garcia (15-16-year-old girls) and Benitez (13-14 boys) ran roughshod over the competition in Dos Palos, along with Nathan Vander Poel (17-18 boys) and Brooklyn Gallagher (6-and-under girls). All four were high-point winners in their age groups.</p><p>Meanwhile, in Fresno, The Los Banos Hydrocats' Paige Roseman took first in the 8-and-under girls 50-meter breaststroke (54.68 seconds) and second in the 50-meter freestyle (43.06) at a U.S.A. Swim meet hosted by the Fresno Dolphins.</p><p><i>Enterprise reporter David Witte can be reached by phone at 388-6565 or by e-mail at sports@losbanosenterprise.com</i>